There's no business like TV shows about show business

Don't think too long about the fact that there's a TV show about people trying to make a movie or your head will explode. It's a weird combo on "On the Lot," Fox's reality moviemaking competition. And definitely don't try to wrap your mind around Sam (pictured), who entered the contest with a takeoff on "Lazy Sunday," the Saturday Night Live skit that became an internet smash. That's right: he entered a TV show competition about making movies with a movie inspired by a TV show.

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Yeah it was only after two mojitos last night that I was able to really deal with all that. And maybe it was the cocktails but has Carrie Fisher gotten a little weird? Headed down a strange Liza Minnelli road? Every word imbued with drama, that seen-it-all glint in her eye, always the possibility that she might throw an elaborate wedding and have Michael Jackson as a bridesmaid?

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Also weird: The host, Adrianna Costa, who seems a little forward with the filmies. "Everybody's scared to get close to me; I don't know what the deal is," she said to Sam as he sidled closer. And then to Trever: "at least you're our resident cutie," she said after a lukewarm reception to his project. I'm a little lukewarm on the whole shebang.

So I was doing my nightly DVR scan (see, some people pick out clothes for the next day; others put some chicken on to marinate for the next day's dinner. I make sure I'm recording all the good shows) and saw new – new! – episodes of Kathy Griffin's "My Life on the D-List." I made a delighted little yelp. You either love Kathy or you hate her. People in the second category are incorrect: She's awesome. In the new season, her marriage is over, again. Her parents are still drunk all the time. She's swearing in front of children and has not made it any further up the celebrity food chain, despite the fact that she's hilarious. She also has an intercom, in her own house, to summon her own assistants to meetings in the living room. Her assistants pretend they can't hear her.

And yet for all the disrespect she suffers, Kathy is always shocked at just how firmly planted on the D-list she really is. For an upcoming performance at Carnegie Hall, she asks her minions who's coming. "Barbara Walters' hair person," says Jessica. "He likes you." "Barbara Walters' hair person? Not Barbara Walters?" Kathy gasps, shocked.

Heartbreaking: Kathy on ex-husband Matt. "I thought he was a nice guy who loved me," she said. "Now I don't think he ever loved me." Then she burst into tears. Come on, people, how could you not love this woman? — Amy DiLuna